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In der Strafkolonie.
by KAFKA, Franz
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Leipzig: Kurt Wolff,, 1919. In the deluxe binding First edition, first impression, in the deluxe binding. One of 1,000 copies of Kafka's short story set in an unnamed penal colony which he wrote in October 1914. The "relatively long time span between composition and first publication is due in part to Kafka's dissatisfaction with the original conclusion of the story", however, "Kafka revised the end of the text in November 1918" (Gray et al., p. 134). In November 1916 Kafka presented a version of the text "at a public reading - something to which Kafka rarely agreed - at the Goltz Gallery in Munich" (ibid., p. 134). The work was first translated into English by Eugene Jolas in 1941; published in the Partisan Review as In the Penal Colony. Octavo. Contemporary dark brown half roan, spine lettered in gilt, marbled boards, cream endpapers, white silk page marker, top edge gilt, others uncut. Housed in a custom slipcase. Text in German. Printed in blue and black. Light wear to extremities, the binding otherwise sound, internally clean and fresh; a very good copy. Dietz 50. Richard T. Gray, et al., A Franz Kafka Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press, 2005.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 149938
- Title
- In der Strafkolonie.
- Author
- KAFKA, Franz
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig: Kurt Wolff,
- Date Published
- 1919
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About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marbled boards
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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